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Engineering Lead I - Consumer Onboarding

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Senior level
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Senior level
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to design, build, and scale consumer onboarding products. Collaborate with product, design, and data to set technical vision, ensure delivery, maintain product quality, and hire and develop team members. Drive cross-team alignment and own technical and product outcomes for onboarding journeys.
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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Lead  for our Consumer Onboarding team. This is a unique opportunity to have a massive impact, helping a growing number of customers around the world choosing Wise to move their money without borders.

The Consumer Onboarding team is dedicated to guiding personal customers through setting up their Wise account and resolving their first international money needs in a way that’s clear, easy, and delightful. You'll lead a team of talented engineers, collaborating daily with product managers, data analysts, and designers to continuously improve our onboarding flows and user journeys - making them faster, more intuitive, and more scalable.

Your mission:

As the Engineering Lead for Consumer Onboarding, you will:

  • Lead, coach, and mentor a team of driven engineers, supporting their growth and empowering them to do their best work.

  • Work closely with the Product Manager and your team to shape the roadmap, set the technical and product vision and ensure the team delivers on product goals in a robust and scalable way.

  • Enable your team to succeed by ensuring they are well-resourced, can plan effectively, and are set up to commit to and deliver on their roadmap.

  • Stay and remain very close to the tech and product - setting high standards for quality, and leading by example.

  • Own the health and productivity of the engineers in your team, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

  • Collaborate with other engineering leads and teams across Wise to ensure your team’s work is aligned with the wider technical strategy.

  • Own the hiring, growth and development of your team and its impact at Wise.

A bit about you:

  • You have proven experience in leading and mentoring software engineers. You enjoy helping others grow and succeed.

  • You have a strong product and customer mindset and experience building customer facing products.

  • You possess strong technical expertise or background in OOP Languages (Java or similar) and modern technology stacks

  • You have experience working with other functions like Frontend and/or Mobile engineers

  • You have experience working with and building distributed, high scalability systems and microservices architectures

  • You're a great communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • You thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience working effectively with cross-functional peers like designers, product managers, and analysts.

What you get back:

  • 🚀 RSU's in a growing company

  • 💪 An annual self-development budget

  • 🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life

  • 🌍 Relocation and visa expenses covered

  • 🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

  • Mobile Wiser - After 6 months you can work from anywhere in the world for 90 days per calendar year

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work – a practical guide

  • DEI @ Wise

  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • Our Engineering career map

  • Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

  • Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.jobs.

 

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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